Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1911 — Congressman John W. Boehne A Candidate for Governor [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Congressman John W. Boehne A Candidate for Governor

Congressman John W. Boehne, of Evansville, is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Indiana. The Hendricks Club, a virile Democratic organization of the first District, with headquarters at Evansville, has taken charge of Mr. Boehne’s candidacy and will conduct a rousing campaign in his behalf. The Democrats of the First District, which Mr. Boehne now represents in Congress, are behind his candidacy in a solid phalanx. Mr. Boehne is a winner. He has been a winner all of his life, in both private and public capacities. He has been advanced from councilman-at-large of Evansville, step by step, as President of the Council and Mayor of Evansville, to his present position of Representative in Congress, in spite of the fact that every race he has inade has been against big odds and in the face of normally overwhelming Republican majorities. Mr. Boehne is a self-made man. He was bora on a farm in Vanderburg county, Indiana, October 28th, 1856, of German parentage. By applying himself diligently at night and in odd foments he managed to work his way

through a commercial school while employed as a shoemaker’s apprentice and later as a grocery delivery boy. He became a bookkeeper and then a stockholder in an Evansville foundry firm. His splendid executive and administrative ability soon won recognition and he became known as “the man who does things.” In the face of a heavy Republican majority he was elected councilman-at-large of Evansville. His splendid service in this capacity coupled with his executive ability and his faculty of securing votes from all classes of citizenship regardless of party affiliations caused his nomination for Mayor of Evansville bn the Democratic ticket, and his election. His record as the chief executive of Evansville is known all over Indiana and his administration of the affairs of that city has set a new standard for those that follow. In the face of large Republican majorities he has twice been elected to Congress. Mr. Boehne’s friends are letting it be known that he is in the race for Governor to the finish and are pressing the claims of their candidate at eve: y opportunity.

“THE MAN WHO DOES THINGS”